T.R.I.B.E. - a new network of residency spaces in the Balkans and East Europe, dedicated to research and production of Transitory Art, launches its first open call for artistic and research residencies to take place between March 2013 and April 2014. TRIBE network aims to examine vital cultural, political and social questions in a way that will produce fresh perspectives via research and artistic outputs.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 20 April 2013DEADLINE for early bird applications for residencies starting in April 2012: 20 March 2013Application form + more information on the theme: www.transitoryart.org

OPEN CALL FOR TRIBE RESIDENCIES 2013 for ARTISTS and RESEARCHERS

WHAT IS A TRIBE RESIDENCY?A TRIBE residency is a production or research residency for artists and researchers taking place in at least one and maximum three cities - Ljubljana, Prague, Istanbul, Nicosia, Belgrade & other locations. TRIBE is a networkinterested in forming a mobile group of artists and researchers to participate in explorations, discussions, interventions and innovations related to the first TRIBE theme: Transition & Utopia.

Works produced will be exhibited in two exhibitions taking place in Istanbul, Turkey and Ljubljana, Slovenia. Common events for TRIBE group, workshops and a symposium for researchers will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS INCLUDING:1) (Monumental) public space interventions2) Live art and symbols of nationalism (such as flash mobs/live art actions)3) Projects researching transitions from analogue to digital media, obsolete technolgies and futurisms

TO APPLY PLEASE PROVIDE:- A project proposal- Motivation for why you would like to work in the context of this particular residency (how its mission relates to your proposed project)- How and why would you describe your work as transitory?- A technical description and project development plan (including an indication of your planning divided between the organizations, i.e. what would you like to develop where and why - if applicable)- A draft budget proposal

THEME: TRANSITION AND UTOPIA

Transition can be seen in acute forms in current political and social conditions and in the accelerated transition of social, religious and economic notions of value. In a situation of constant dislocation and perceived loss of values Transitory Art can play a vital role in adjusting perceptions and bringing forward new forms, considering and analysing not only longer-term solutions and structures, but also smaller, short-term interventions that can help trigger processes of change including at the socio- and geo-political level.

While the Balkans did enjoy a period of so-called independence they are now increasingly subject to historical Austro-Hungarian interests in new forms and re-entering a state of disempowered conomic dependence. This is accompanied by a loss of respect for human rights in Europe accompanied by growing nationalism at the European centre as well as the peripheries.

Both centre and periphery are experiencing an ever-harsher capitalist regime. This intensifies processes of migration from and across the Balkans. These conditions generate social, cultural and political uncertainty and a related lack of vision and leadership at a time when much of the region’s populations remain traumatised by constantly changing and deteriorating life conditions.

The forced and even catastrophic transitions occurring at all levels of human existence (intellectual, political, personal, media) produces widespread disorientation. Transitory Art is a process which responds to the consequences of transitional ‘realities’ which create such a widespread state of fear and uncertainty, and social and mental dead-ends.

In the current state, change seems an utopia. We believe that the role of art is to allow a space for the possibility of change, generating fresh perspectives and propose new solutions. We search for concepts and ideas in which the citizens of a dreamless Europe regain their power to change.

We are looking for critical artists working in the field of media and transitory art, interventions and exploratory critical researchers and curators. The project focuses on the Balkans and the East but welcomes projects adressing the theme in a broader way.

MoTA is a unique platform dedicated to the research and production of the Transitory, Experimental and Live Art forms. It is a museum without physical space. Its programs are realised in different locations and contexts, both in material and virtual space. All MoTA's activities reflect constant research of art and its production and representation conditions. Every artist, researcher or institution is perceived as an equal partner, all together aiming at over-passing social differences and exclusive modes of working.
MoTA is also an artistic-curatorial initiative whose field of action is a continuous redefinition of methods of activity. It deals with themes of contemporary errors and strategies of our realities and societies in order to produce ideas, actions and reactions. It is in constant search for the new, the uncertain and the undefined. With MoTA we redefine the notion of museum in bringing in new ways in the politics of representation (mobile exhibitions, live art, sound art, art in the public space, site-specific, workshops) and archiving (ArtistTalk, Mediateque, online museum)
MoTA mobilises art and other communities in order to produce new thoughts, actions and directions in existing realities. It measures contact with the public outside of artistic circles and generates discussion outside auto-reflective concepts of artworks.
MoTA organizes support actions for transitory art in the form of continuous events, exhibitions and educational programs both locally and internationally. The program is happening throughout the year in different partner cities of Europe and beyond. It is conceived through an open and collaborative approach of international curators and artists and is enriched with in depth research of yearly focus.
In a time when temporary production, consumption, representation, communication are becoming our everyday and change our habits, our culture is temporary culture, therefore our art is temporary art. Now it is time to question the production and representation strategies of physical and media reality.
MOTA is also the first regular artist-in-residency program in Slovenia, with the purpose to give a living and working environment to foreign artists in Ljubljana.
We understand our residency program as a platform for dialogue and collaborative work. Working closely with artists, researchers and curators, we aim to develop long-term and sustainable collaborations and engage with projects which mobilise art and other communities in order to produce new thoughts, actions and directions.